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DUST GUARD FOR GAR AXLE BOXES.

No. 384,530. Patented June 12, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER M. KLING, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

DUST-GUARD FOR CAR-AXLE BOXES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,530, dated June 12,1888.

Application filed February 13, 1888. Serial No. 263,810. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER M. KLING, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inDust-Guards .for J ournal-Boxes, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, and in which-- Figure Iisaside view of ajournal-box,showing the part to which my improvementrelates in vertical section. tical section through part of the guard,showing the upper part in section.

My invention relates to a device for excluding the dust and dirt fromjournals, and is particularly intended for use on railway-cars; and myinvention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described,and pointed outin the claims.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents an axle of a street or otherrailway car. 2 repre sents the box covering the journal 3 of the axle,and 4 represents the brass. The inner face of the box is provided withan annular flange, 5, having an opening, 6,'to receive the axle.

7 represents a disk of leather or other suit-- able material, which fitsagainst the face 9 of the box Within the flange 5.

Fig. IIis a transverse ver-' 8 represents aring fitting outside of theflange 5 and disk 7. Outside of the ring 8 is a second disk, 10, similarto the disk 7, and outside of this disk is another ring, 11, having amarginal flange, 12, that fits over the ring 8 and the flange 5 of thebox.

The openings in the rings8 and 11 are sufficien'tly large to allow forthe movement of the axle within the box, while the disks 7 and fit theaxle snugly, preventing the entrance of dust and dirt. There are spaces14 left between the disks and the flanges 5 and 12 of the box and thering 11 to allow the disks to move with the axle.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the axle-box provided witha flange, 5, disk 7, ring 8, disk 10, and ring 11, having flange 12,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the axle-box, disks7 and 10, and rings 8 and 11,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

PETER M. KLING.

In presence of- J 0s. WAHLE, EDWD. S. KNIGHT.

